Joasquin Desprez was a Renaissance composer whose works were the most famous of his time outside of Dufay and Palestrina. Desprez's most famous mass is...continue...
Recording information: Église de Javols, Lozère, France (09/01/2014-09/05/2014)....continue...

Under the reign of Charles IV (1316-1378), Prague acquired its magical beauty. The astonishing wealth of art and architecture that originated at the time is...continue...
Recording information: The Church of Saint James the Greater, Zbraslav, Prague (09/21/2015-09/24/2015)....continue...

They came from the South, these crazy musicians, from sun-drenched cities in Italy and Spain; their inspired ideas spread through the continent like wildfire... Yes,...continue...
Recording information: Lewes, England (10/2014)....continue...

While coming from very different eras, William Byrd and Arvo Pärt are both considered masters of sacred music despite having faced considerable persecution for their...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Augustine, Kilburn, England (10/26/2015-10/28/2015)....continue...

Hyperion's trio of master-medievalist tenors John Potter, Christopher O'Gorman, Rogers Covey-Crump present the final installment of their Conductus trilogy. This intimate form of music and...continue...
Recording information: The National Centre for Early Music, St. Margaret's Chu (04/07/2014/04/08/2014)....continue...

Andrew Parrott and his Taverner Choir & Players turn to music of their namesake alongside works by his contemporary King Henry VIII, an exceptionally musical...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Michael & All Angels, Summertown, Oxford (07/13/2015-07/15/2015)....continue...

The Toronto Consort is a leading early music ensemble with seven previous Marquis CDs. This is a re-release (of a Dorian album) which has been...continue...
Recording information: Humbercrest United Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (02/17/2000-02/19/2000)....continue...

The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Vol 4 is the newest installment in the first comprehensive recording of the entire Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. This installment is a...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of the Capuchin Monastery, Velp, The Netherlands (02/19/2015/02/20/2015); Chapel of the Capuchin Monastery, Velp, The Netherlands (04/16/2015/04/17/2015)....continue...

Now firmly established amongst Oxbridge's finest choral foundations and at the same time certainly its youngest, the Choir of Merton College can be relied upon...continue...
Recording information: The chapel of Merton College, Oxford, England (06/28/2015-06/30/2015)....continue...

Manfred Barbarini Lupus (ca 1560) was a popular composer during the mediaeval and Renaissance periods. The St. Gallen Monastery, for whom these works were composed,...continue...
Recording information: Alte Kirche Fautenbach, Germany (06/17/2015-06/21/2015)....continue...

Led by Artistic Director and conductor Suzi Digby, the talented English choral ensemble ORA was founded in 2014. The choir's mission is to showcase 'classic'...continue...
Recording information: St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, London, England (02/16/2015-02/18/2015)....continue...

Written as a tribute to the little-known poets who wrote during the Elizabethan period, intended to be accompanied by the music of the period, this...continue...
Recording information: En el Convento de los Carmelitas de Liétor, Albacete, S (05/2015)....continue...

Recorded over the course of two and a half years, this four disc set showcases a comprehensive body of esteemed countertenor Valer Sabadus's repertoire. Valer...continue...
Recording information: Himmelfahrtskirche München-Sendling (06/2011)....continue...

Swedish musician Corina Marti is a celebrated harpsichordist from Sweden who specializes in Medieval and early Renaissance music. She has performed across Europe and the...continue...
Recording information: Schloss Beuggen, Germany (01/2015)....continue...

Bob Chilcott has been called "a contemporary hero of British Choral music" (The Observer). He has become one of the most performed choral composers in...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London (07/01/2015-07/03/2015); Fortheringhay Church of St Mary (07/01/2015-07/03/2015); Northamptonshire, England (07/01/2015-07/03/2015); All H...continue...

The term 'musical journey' has certainly been used since ancient times, one may think of the exquisite reports of Charles Burney, who travelled through Europe...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di San Lorenzo, Torbi di Ceranesi, Genova (08/10/2015/08/12/2015)....continue...

Towards the end of the sixteenth century, at the court of the Gonzagas, the young organist Francesco Rovigo was appreciated to the point of being...continue...
Recording information: Basilica Palatina di Santa Barbara in Mantova (12/04/2014)....continue...

Ireland's leading collegiate choral ensemble, The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin bring us their first recording on Signum. The program of this album is...continue...
Recording information: Castleknock College Chapel, Dublin, Ireland (2014-09-19_2014-09-21&2015-)....continue...

This unique harpsichord recital by Trevor Pinnock charts two incredible musical journeys four hundred years apart. Inspired by the travels of Antonio Cabezón, the sixteenth...continue...
Recording information: Colyer-Fergusson Concert Hall, University of Kent at C (08/20/2014-08/21/2014)....continue...

When Round Midnight was published, Thelonius Monk was an outsider due to the extravagant harmony and the complexity of his music; he cultivated this image....continue...
Recording information: Haus des Rundfunks Berlin, Saal 3 (11/11/2011-11/14/2011)....continue...

The Rodolfus Choir return to Signum with a stunning new collection of choral works drawn from composers spanning over 500 years. Ralph Allwood MBE introduces...continue...
Recording information: The Church of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, UK (07/16/2015-07/18/2015)....continue...

Hymns Ancient & Modern is a collection of favorite Victorian hymns. These timeless tunes were taken from an early edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern,...continue...
Recording information: The Chapel of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge....continue...

The Independent, 5th March 2016Tthe sweet pain of unrequited love and the deeper despair of lost love dominate this selection, which opens with a sublime...continue...
Recording information: Sala della Carità, Padua (04/27/2015-04/30/2015)....continue...

English Delight is a tribute to the viola and English composers from across different eras and styles. From John Dowland to Jonathan Harvey, Adrien La...continue...
Recording information: Salle Philharmonique in Liège, Belgium (04/2015)....continue...

The modern sequence of keys had yet to be invented when Vincenzo Galilei set out to traverse them all, well over a century before Bach's...continue...
Recording information: Holy Trinity Church, Weston, Southampton (2015-11-10_2015-11-11&2015-)....continue...

For 20 years now, Bell'Arte Salzburg has been one of the leading ensembles for period performance practice and is seen as a first choice for...continue...
Recording information: St. Pankratius in Ochsenwerder, Hamburg (09/06/2015-09/10/2015)....continue...

Sebastián Durón was, together with Antonio de Literes, the greatest Spanish composer of stage music of his time. He served as organist and choirmaster at...continue...
Recording information: Reformierte Kirche Gelterkinden, Switzerland (02/24/2014-02/26/2014)....continue...

The new album by Arianna Savall and her ensemble Hirundo Maris, following last years' Hildegard of Bingen. Recording is a musical journey of Amor, the...continue...
Recording information: Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche Basel-Binningen (Switzerland) (03/18/2015-03/22/2015)....continue...

The third recording by this charismatic a cappella octet The Ensemble Octavians - all are former singers with the boys' choir of the Jena Philharmonie...continue...
Recording information: Bürgerhaus Hohenmölsen (2015-01-06_2015-01-11&2015-)....continue...

Here, the polyphonic segments of the selected Magnificat compositions are based not on monophonic models but on preexistent compositions. Accordingly, here we have to do...continue...
Recording information: Himmelfahrtskirche, München-Sendling (11/03/2014-11/05/2014)....continue...

Named a 'Choice' recording by BBC Music Magazine upon release, this popular recording of seventeenth century vocal music features mezzo-soprano Catherine King and lutenist Jacob...continue...
Recording information: Toddington Church, Toddington, Gloucestershire, England (10/15/1997-10/17/1997)....continue...

William Byrd (c.1543 - 1623) was considered by his contemporaries to be a musician without peer. The music he wrote for voices to sing is...continue...
Recording information: Philip T. Young Recital Hall, University of Victoria, B (05/13/2013-05/17/2013)....continue...

This recording is music from the four quarters of the old city of Jerusalem. This aim is to create a soundscape that reflected Jerusalem's reality...continue...
Recording information: St. John the Divine Cathedral, New York, NY (06/07/2015-06/09/2015)....continue...

After their successful debut CD Torres del Alma, with quartets from the Spanish Renaissance, the Bassano Quartet came up with the idea to create a...continue...
Recording information: Johannes Church Oosthem (02/13/2015-02/15/2015)....continue...

Deutsche Grammophon is the world's largest and most successful classical music label with a history stretching back to the dawn of recorded sound in 1898....continue...
Recording information: Abbey Road Recording Studios, London, England (01/1955); Akademie der Wissenschaften (01/1955); Alkmaar, St. Laurenskerk (01/1955); Alter Herkules-Saal (01/1955); Amsterdam, Con...continue...

Percy Grainger called the saxophone "the world's finest wind-tone tool, the most voice-like", and wrote for it a series of fascinating but hitherto little-explored works....continue...
Recording information: The Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Perf (03/15/2013); The Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Perf (03/16/2013); The Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert C...continue...